lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1998]   [Jul]   [15]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    From
    SubjectRe: FreeGPL license proposal (was Re: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing)
    Date
    > Why not consider making the Mozilla Public License the basis for the 
    > new FreeGPL license? The one thing about the Mozilla Public License
    > is that it has been extensively reviewed and hashed out by both
    > Netscapes laywers and developers in the Open Source Community to the
    > point of agreement.

    FreeGPL is a very poor and misleading name for any new license. I thin
    the MPL has its place however

    > The one biggest plus is that this license is now well known, and I
    > think it is highly beneficial to the Open Source Community for as
    > much code as possible to fall under the same license. I think this is

    Licenses - each has its place but not too many . Couldnt agree more

    > understand all the legal ramifications of the license. In fact IMHO
    > if you interpret the GPL/LGPL's anti-commerical sentiments it would
    > appear to me that much of the commercial software appearing for Linux
    > does violate some of the GPL licensing (but this is argueable because
    > the damn license is so vague!).

    The C libraries are LGPL so that appears to be a non issue. The kernel
    itself is GPL and because of license interpretation issues the kernel
    has the following in the README, to clarify it.

    -----------

    NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover user programs that use kernel
    services by normal system calls - this is merely considered normal use
    of the kernel, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".

    -----------


    -
    To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
    the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
    Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2005-03-22 13:43    [W:2.377 / U:0.124 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site